Oh heyyyyy! Coming at you on a Wednesday with some fabulous news. Just wanted to share that I am partnering with New Balance Canada for an Instagram based giveaway to give away a pair of Fresh Foam Beacons. Canadian Running Magazine describes it perfectly: New Balance Fresh Foam Beacon Weight: men’s 7.5 oz. (213 g),… Read More…

This weekend, I am doing the Waterloo Classic 5 KM. I really had dug my heels in for this one because I hadn’t planned for it and running too often with too much intensity is a perfect formula for injury. I kept putting off registration until after the 30-hour adventure race this fall because I… Read More…

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This giveaway has been made possible by my partnership with Fit Approach. It is the Friday before the long weekend (for Canadians at least) which sounds like a PERFECT time for a giveaway to me. I mentioned in my last post that I have been trying the Amazing Grass new Effervescent tabs and they have… Read More…

What. a. weekend. As a part of my November goals, I have been getting back into the pool more and I actually had fun swimming this week! I think the biggest thing is that I have made a point of going with people and swimming with the tri swim team. It makes a huge difference… Read More…

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As I mentioned in my Polar Performance Report last week, I have been testing out the Polar M200 for the past month. For everything you need to know about the watch, you can check out the Polar website or the DC Rainmaker review here. I find Ray’s reviews to be the first place I go for an… Read More…

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Morning kids. It was a great Canadian weekend, complete with a winter hike and some cross country skiing. I have had a pair of classic XC skis for a couple years now, but never learned how to use them properly. I decided that this winter was the year I was going to tackle it and… Read More…

I’m back! It has been quite the hiatus but I promised I filled it with amazingness. If you were following my Instagram or Strava while I was away, you can see that I did not take a break in my training. It was an unreal 10 days, jam-packed with some incredible training and jaw dropping… Read More…

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of you lovely people. This was all scheduled to go out on Christmas morning and then for some odd reason, WordPress decided to eat it. For your patience, here are some scenes from my Christmas: It has been an incredible year and I am so excited for what 2016 holds. I… Read More…

Right now, my living room looks a bit like this: I am collecting everything I need to get ready to GO! I am working off of a long list of requirements for the race. It is my first stage race, I did a stage expedition in 2013, but this is the first time that I… Read More…

You know those weeks where the weather is perfect? That was 100% this week. It could just be the fact that I am back to running and I am grinning ear to ear. Every night after work, I head out on another test run, slightly longer than the one before and gleefully report with a… Read More…